Rotsformatie Three piece reclining figure, no 1 door Henry Moore,
1961-62 Menselijk
landschap In 1959 begon
Moore zijn figuren op te splitsen in delen, hij wekt de suggestie dat het niet
alleen om een figuur gaat, maar ook om een landschap. De ruwe en bonkige
oppervlakken doet denken aan kliffen en rotspartijen. Moore zag in de beelden
een amalgaam van het menselijk lichaam en steenformaties. “'I realised what an advantage a separated two-piece
composition could have in relating figures to landscape. Knees and breasts
are mountains. Once these two parts become separated you don't expect it to
be a naturalistic figure: therefore you can justifiably make it like a
landscape or a rock. Met de figuur in
drie delen werkte Moore het concept verder uit. Moore: “The middle
piece was suggestedby a vertebra – of which I don’t know what animal it was –
that I found in the garden. And the connection of one piece to another is the
kind of connection that a backbone will have with one section through to the
next section. But they‘ve been separated.” Moore: “Sculpture is an art of the open air.
Daylight, sunlight, is necessary to it, and for me its best setting and
complement is nature. I would rather have a piece of my sculpture put in a
landscape, almost any landscape, than in, or on, the most beautiful building
I know.” Henry Moore (1898-1986)
collectie
Tate Yorkshire
Scupture Park, Engeland Foto’s:
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